HILLCONE S. S. CO. v. STEFFEN

No. 10361.

136 F.2d 965 (1943)

HILLCONE S. S. CO. et al. v. STEFFEN.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

July 9, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. S. Tipton and A. G. Ritter, both of Los Angeles, Cal., for appellants.

Fontana & Goldstone, of Los Angeles, Cal., and Wm. P. Lord, of Portland, Or., for appellee.

Before GARRECHT, MATHEWS, and HEALY, Circuit Judges.


HEALY, Circuit Judge.

During the month of February 1937, and for about two years prior thereto, appellee Steffen was in the employ of appellant Santa Cruz Oil Company in the capacity of watchman or caretaker on board the steamship Prentiss, which lay in navigable waters at Long Beach, California, tied to a dock. During the period stated the vessel did not go to sea or engage in commerce or navigation and there was no crew on board her. She was "indefinitely laid up...

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